The long-awaited report by Sir John Chilcot into the UK’s role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq was published on Wednesday morning, delivering what The Guardian calls a “crushing verdict” on former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Among its findings, the stunning report says that Blair “undermined the UN Security Council,” “overplayed evidence” of a potential threat in the run-up to going to war and “knew the invasion would make the UK less safe.”
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For a second high-profile time during the current Presidential campaign, Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump appeared to miss an opportunity to capitalize on truly dramatic events.
Following his trip to Scotland on the day after Britain’s Brexit vote resulted in a surreal press conference that seemed to rank the momentous global economic development slightly lower than the refurbishment of a hotel suite at his golf course resort, Trump appeared unsure on Tuesday how to respond to the remarkable press conference by FBI Director James Comey, where he outlined serious shortcomings on the part of Trump’s expected rival Hillary Clinton, yet announced she would not face any charges in relation to her use of a private email server while Secretary of State.
By 5pm, though, as Larry O’Connor writes, a Facebook video by the campaign had taken a more direct approach.
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The Overnight Note 